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2004 Press Releases

January

1/05/04 - College Launches New Major In Human Development

1/07/04 - $103.4 Million: Washington College Completes Largest Capital Campaign Of Any Undergraduate College In Maryland

1/12/04 - Martin Luther King Remembrance And Celebration Set For January 19

1/13/04 - Public Forum January 17 At Washington College Shares Results Of The First Rural Communities Leadership Program

1/15/04 - Gypsy Jazz! Hot Club Of San Francisco Plays Washington College, February 8

1/15/04 - Politics Of Women Clergy Topic For Tea & Talk Series, January 26

1/19/04 - Important Message To The Washington College Community

1/20/04 - Message To The College Community: Important Health Update

1/22/04 - Red States, Blue States: Speaker Examines Regional Divisions In American Politics, February 4

1/22/04 - Author Jan Pottker To Read From Her Biography Of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, February 5

1/27/04 - Tea & Talk Series Welcomes Washington Post Feature And Travel Writer, Hank Stuever, February 3

1/28/04 - Lecture Series Marks 50th Anniversary Of Brown V. Board Of Education Desegregation Decision

1/28/04 - In Memoriam: Simon Hultman, Class Of 2004

1/28/04 - Poet Michael Waters To Read From His Works, February 12 At Washington College

1/29/04 - Important Health Update For The Washington College Community

February

2/03/04 - The Secret Lives Of Portraits: Exhibition Opens February 13

2/03/04 - In Memoriam: Madeline Howell

2/06/04 - Trends In Contemporary Theatre Subject Of Tea & Talk, Feb. 16

2/09/04 - Author Ben Yagoda On Developing Style And Voice In Prose Writing, February 17

2/11/04 - Three Alumni Join Washington College Board

2/16/04 - Poet Billy Collins Visits For Annual Sophie Kerr Weekend

2/16/04 - Chestertown's African-American Civil War Veterans Hall Topic Of February 23rd Lecture

2/20/04 - From Monticello To Mulan: Lecture Examines Communicating Values Through Culture, February 26

2/23/04 - Renowned Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra To Perform At Washington College, March 4

2/24/04 - The War Or Terror: Myths And Misconceptions, Lecture March 2 At Washington College

2/25/04 - Goodfellow Lecture Puts Globalization In Historical Perspective, March 17 At Washington College

2/26/04 - New College President Is Appointed

March

3/01/04 - General Barry Mccaffrey On The War On Terrorism, March 31 At Washington College

3/02/04 - Inaugural Janson-La Palme Lecture Addresses The Third Dimension In Italian Renaissance Art, March 24

3/02/04 - Indie Rock Revolution! O.A.R. Plays Washington College, April 24

3/02/04 - Washington College Announces Tuition Increase For 2004-2005

3/10/04 - Rural Communities, Sustainable Agriculture Topics Of March Lectures At Washington College

3/10/04 - Starr Center Announces Spring Lectures In American History, Culture And Contemporary Issues

3/15/04 - Human Rights Awareness Week, March 15-19: Speakers And Events

3/15/04 - Shark Hunting In Montana And Early Vertebrate Evolution, Lecture March 25

3/16/04 - Success And The Art Of Adherence, Lecture March 29 At Washington College

3/16/04 - Ambassador Joseph Wilson Discusses Iraq War And The Road Ahead, March 25

3/22/04 - Tall Ships And Trials At Sea: Captain Dan Parrott On Baltimore Clippers, April 1

3/23/04 - Blogging And Slogging In 2004: Howard Dean To Speak At Washington College, April 13

3/23/04 - Washington College Adds Guadalajara, Mexico To Study Abroad Programs

3/26/04 - International Sports Day At Washington College

3/30/04 - Student Photography Exhibited At Corcoran College Of Art And Design

April

4/01/04 - Dr. John Toll, Governor Robert Ehrlich To Be Honored At Washington College's 222nd Commencement, May 16

4/08/04 - Concert Series Hosts Soprano Julianne Baird, April 23

4/08/04 - Kresge Foundation Issues $750,000 Challenge Grant For New Washington College Science Center

4/09/04 - The Ancient Art Of Hunting: Anthropology Club Hosts Second Annual Atl Atl Throw, April 18

4/13/04 - International Relations Club To Sponsor Culture Night 2004, April 17

4/15/04 - Walter Isaacson On Benjamin Franklin And America's Values, April 22

4/22/04 - Charles Willson Peale Topic Of April 23rd Lecture

4/27/04 - Washington College Announces Summer 2004 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

4/27/04 - English Lecturer Erin Murphy Wins National Poetry Award, Releasing New Book In June

4/28/04 - Washington College Sife Team Wins At Regional Competition

4/30/04 - Underwater Artifacts: College Receives New Hi-Tech Seabed Scanner For Archaeology, Environmental Studies Programs

May

5/03/04 - Betty Anne Connolley Garden Dedication

5/16/04 - Washington College Awards Nation's Largest Undergraduate Literary Prize

5/20/04 - In Memoriam: Ed Athey '67

5/21/04 - Vice President And Dean Of Students Maureen Kelley McIntire Announces Retirement

June

6/18/04 - Twenty-One Muslim Students To Participate In Second Annual American Studies Institute At Washington College

6/23/04 - Governor Proclaims June 23 John Toll Day

6/24/04 - Poetic Premiere: WC's Erin Murphy Releases New Collection Of Verse; Garners Poetry Prize

6/25/04 - Getting It Right On The Christian Right: Wc Professor's New Book Separates Fact From Fiction In School Board Politics

6/30/04 - College Receives $1 Million Gift From Kenan Charitable Trust To Support Faculty Salaries And Development

August

8/11/04 - Washington College Announces Fall 2004 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

8/12/04 - A New Season Of Sound: Washington College Announces Schedule For 2004-2005 Concert Series

8/13/04 - 2004 Freshman Convocation

8/13/04 - Washington College Students Will Be "Into The Streets" For Volunteer Community Service, August 27

8/17/04 - Dr. Ruth Shoge Appointed To Head Miller Library

8/20/04 - Washington College: Maryland's Top Private Liberal Arts College In The 2005 U.S. News & World Report Rankings

September

9/01/04 - Canadian Drug Importation And Prescription Affordability Topic Of Medical Ethics Forum, September 10

9/01/04 - 27 New Faculty Join Washington College This Fall

9/01/04 - September's Tea & Talk Lectures Celebrate Poet Pablo Neruda, Tackle Male-Female Brain Differences

9/04/04 - Fall Poetry And Fiction Readings Feature New Talents And Modern Masters Of The Literary Arts

9/14/04 - John Barth On Browsing: New Literary House Press Chapbook Celebrates The Origin, History And Pleasures Of Libraries

9/14/04 - Student Organizations And Clubs Join Together With Community Groups For One-Day Event Promoting Extracurricular Activities

9/21/04 - Philosophy Lecture To Address Psychologism In Logic, Oct. 1

9/21/04 - Expert Discusses Democratization And Electoral Observation In Latin America, Sept. 27

9/23/04 - Message From President Baird Tipson In Memoriam: Townsend Hoopes

October

10/01/04 - Lecture Explores "Paris, Hollywood, And France's Memories Of World War II"

10/04/04 - Journalist Seymour Hersh Discusses American Foreign Policy In The Coming Election, October 13

10/06/04 - Inaugural Celebration Series Features Art Exhibition, Lectures

10/11/04 - Inauguration Of Baird Tipson As 26th President Of Washington College Set For October 22

10/11/04 - Layin' It Down Live: Hip-Hop Pioneers, The Roots, Play Washington College, November 6

10/11/04 - Lives Of Three Legendary Latin American Women Theme Of October 18th Musical Theatre Performance

10/15/04 - Alumni Invited To Join Cnn's Peter Bergen For A Conversation About The War On Terror, Nov. 5 In Washington, DC

10/21/04 - Author Joel Achenbach Explores George Washington's Grand Idea For Westward Expansion, November 4

10/22/04 - Inauguration Address By Baird Tipson, October 22

10/28/04 - America The Impoverished? Author David Shipler On The Plight Of The Working Poor, November 11

November

11/01/04 - Columnist Scott Reeves Of Forbes.Com On Scandals, Scoundrels And Business Bubbles, November 10

11/04/04 - Masters Of Early English Song, The Baltimore Consort, To Perform At Washington College, November 20

11/04/04 - What Archaeology Teaches Us About Christian History, Lecture November 10

11/08/04 - Compute This! WC's Collegiate Programmers Take On Region's Best In The 29th "Tech Olympics," November 13

11/10/04 - Winning In Bad Times: How Did George Bush Do It? WSJ's John Harwood On The Election Fallout, November 22

11/11/04 - International Week: November 15 - 19, 2004

11/12/04 - Countdown Update: College Meets Kresge Foundation Challenge

11/16/04 - WC English Professor's New Book Examines Scapegoating In Modernist Fiction

11/22/04 - Oxford University Press To Publish WC Historian's Book On Lincoln's Moral Strategy

11/23/04 - Author Demitri Kornegay On The Challenges Of Being Black At A Predominately White College, December 2

11/30/04 - "Joy To The World, A Journey Of Wise Men": WC Gospel Choir To Hold Annual Holiday Concert

11/30/04 - Hodson Trust Awards $1.625 Million To Washington College

December

12/02/04 - Faces Of Homelessness: A Panel Discussion, Thursday, Dec. 2

12/03/04 - Washington College Announces Spring 2005 Graduate Courses In English, History And Psychology

12/03/04 - Vietnamese And Algerian Francophone Literature Topic Of Washington College Professor's New Book

12/14/04 - New Book Examines Ongoing Conflict Between The Ideals Of Public Safety And Civil Liberties

12/15/04 - Staff And Faculty Honored For Long Years Of Service To Washington College

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